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barbara starr is at the pentagon. jill dougherty covering the diplomatic angle. and on the phone, kirk lippold, former commander of the "uss cole." what does the u.s. believe the intent was? trying to bait the u.s. military, provoke an altercation? >> maybe a little bit of both. the thinking is is the iranians really were not looking for a shooting match. they were going to break off but they were going to cause a little heart-stopping action before they did that. one of the things here is, look the iranians gained some intelligence by getting so close to u.s. navy ships. they were able to gauge the u.s. military response as they came at those ships. that gives them valuable information if the next time it's not just a cat and mouse game. >> what has been the reaction of the pentagon? >> well, a lot of concern. now, top officials will tell you that, look, these kinds of activities happen out in the persian gulf. that they deal with them. that they have a very strong stance. and that the provocative activity mainly comes from the revolutionary guard corps which op
barbara starr is at the pentagon. jill dougherty covering the diplomatic angle. and on the phone, kirk lippold, former commander of the "uss cole." what does the u.s. believe the intent was? trying to bait the u.s. military, provoke an altercation? >> maybe a little bit of both. the thinking is is the iranians really were not looking for a shooting match. they were going to break off but they were going to cause a little heart-stopping action before they did that. one of the...
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they say the pentagon asks congress to reallocate $100 million of the defense fund to make sure there are no gaps in our military's capables in the persian gulf and this is coming two weeks after the pentagon asked for 85 million more for bunker buster bomb upgrades and one day after the international atomic international agency said it has serious concerns about iran's nuclear program near the end of the 11-page report, it says that the agency continues to have serious concerns regarding possible military dimentions to iran's nuclear program. check it out. uranium needs to be enriched at a 90% level to be used in nuclear weapons. twenty% is all iran produced so far. friday's iaea reports that since november, iran's 20% production tripled and that is the level that, once reached, makes it easier to enrich above 90%. as this is going on, our director of national intelligence said last month iran hasn't decided to build a nuclear weapon yet. >> we don't believe they have actually made the decision to go ahead with the nuclear weapon. >> a state department spokesman said yesterday they c
they say the pentagon asks congress to reallocate $100 million of the defense fund to make sure there are no gaps in our military's capables in the persian gulf and this is coming two weeks after the pentagon asked for 85 million more for bunker buster bomb upgrades and one day after the international atomic international agency said it has serious concerns about iran's nuclear program near the end of the 11-page report, it says that the agency continues to have serious concerns regarding...
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these two views really classed within the pentagon. and what happens is, a series of events happened in these carrier deployments that lions back doesn't eventually gets to the the secretary of defense weinberger's attention, who essentially sides with those who think lions matt has been insubordinate and fires them, relieves them and in the middle of all this admiral crowell who was the guy who privately incurred him in the transcripts of phone conversations between his -- between them and him and encourage him the entire time in the surreptitious military operation doesn't back them up and says knows nothing so he takes the fall for something the chairman had encouraged. >> and then, a more lower ranking military officer. if you are serving on one of the ships based out of one of the countries in the council, you understand kind of in the abstract that iran is perhaps the largest threat and the largest piece of the threat environment. no longer soviet union and the russians were not worried about the chinese. they might be worried ab
these two views really classed within the pentagon. and what happens is, a series of events happened in these carrier deployments that lions back doesn't eventually gets to the the secretary of defense weinberger's attention, who essentially sides with those who think lions matt has been insubordinate and fires them, relieves them and in the middle of all this admiral crowell who was the guy who privately incurred him in the transcripts of phone conversations between his -- between them and him...
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the pentagon cut -- is that going to be overturned? >> i do not know. i want to look at it. to me, it is not a one or the other. i have some concerns. how do you take a 50-year-old plane? that technology was 50 years old. -- kind of unmanned the direction we are going. i will not look at it based on whether it is done in my district are not. we have a subcommittee that will be looking at all those things in minute details and i will try to look at the overall -- i will not be involved in trying to force something because it is best for my district. i will be looking at the overall defense of our nation. what is the best way to make sure we have the best possible use -- i understand the defense needs to be on the table, just like everything else. why take 50% of the savings out of 20% of the budget? we need to get to where the real problem is. the defense department is not the problem. when you look at 487 billion and the potential of another 500 billion, and someone even go further. there are people who would like to see us eliminate defense, just along with everybody. >> we
the pentagon cut -- is that going to be overturned? >> i do not know. i want to look at it. to me, it is not a one or the other. i have some concerns. how do you take a 50-year-old plane? that technology was 50 years old. -- kind of unmanned the direction we are going. i will not look at it based on whether it is done in my district are not. we have a subcommittee that will be looking at all those things in minute details and i will try to look at the overall -- i will not be involved in...
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you have the pentagon on the one hand sighing we can cut $490 billion but that's it. you have sequestration with another $500 billion in cuts. you've got paneta saying i can't cut anymore. the president saying i will veto any attempts to be cut. it looms over the implementation of this strategy. the final thing is this is one side of the coin, but until we see what's in the budget, we won't really know whether this did. >> whether the administration puts the money where the mouth. >> it certainly is timely, as the president pointed out in remarks last week before the presentation, we are out of iraq, al-qaida, to use the phrase has been decimateded and we are ready to draw down and turn over responsibility in afghanistan. so in effect what we are doing with this strategy is putting the post9-11 bush strategic priorities behind us and looking to the future which means first and foremost pivoting to asia. >> one thing the president laid out right up front as a fan is channeling president i sen hower and saying -- and it strength. >> we all know that ultimately the econo
you have the pentagon on the one hand sighing we can cut $490 billion but that's it. you have sequestration with another $500 billion in cuts. you've got paneta saying i can't cut anymore. the president saying i will veto any attempts to be cut. it looms over the implementation of this strategy. the final thing is this is one side of the coin, but until we see what's in the budget, we won't really know whether this did. >> whether the administration puts the money where the mouth....
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this is the pentagon's comfort zone and the world doesn't tend to be presented as neatly as that. secondly, i think this should be considered defense strategy step one because there will be more cuts coming undoubtedly from the debt and fiscal pressures that we're feeling now and will continue to feel from what we can tell. so there's phase one, and there'll be successive drawdowns over the next two, three, four years and they're going to have to change the strategy i think at a certain point. certainly the next quadrennial defense review begins a year from today, pretty close to it, will have to address additional fiscal pressures. third, more to your point, i think the strategy was a bit overmessaged regarding asia, asia, asia, the shift to asia, the pivot to asia. so while the document itself is very clear and a little more crisp on the other issues, i think it's been overmessaged and overplayed the shift to asia. that's having a real impact on european leaders' decisions. in some cases, it's a healthy impact, boy, is the u.s. not going to do everything all the time, everywhere
this is the pentagon's comfort zone and the world doesn't tend to be presented as neatly as that. secondly, i think this should be considered defense strategy step one because there will be more cuts coming undoubtedly from the debt and fiscal pressures that we're feeling now and will continue to feel from what we can tell. so there's phase one, and there'll be successive drawdowns over the next two, three, four years and they're going to have to change the strategy i think at a certain point....
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so when i see general -- we worked in the pentagon. i was the scientific adviser to the chief of operations. i'm highly sensitized to who says what. so when i see general james cartwright in front of the senate saying that if he -- he was actually asked by -- i forget the senator now. it was actually asked by a member of the committee, if there was a crisis between the united states and north korea, what advice would he give the president of the united states about with regard to the ground base missile defense system. and he said, oh, i would tell the president that he could have complete confidence in the system. you could see the eyebrows raised in the senate among senators. now, this guy is the second most senior member of our military. i worry -- i worked on nuclear war plants and i really worked on them. i was at the ground zero level. i really had a lot of access when i was in the pentagon and i was helping to integrate training one into the force when it was just coming in there. so i know what goes on in these plants. and it s
so when i see general -- we worked in the pentagon. i was the scientific adviser to the chief of operations. i'm highly sensitized to who says what. so when i see general james cartwright in front of the senate saying that if he -- he was actually asked by -- i forget the senator now. it was actually asked by a member of the committee, if there was a crisis between the united states and north korea, what advice would he give the president of the united states about with regard to the ground...
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the fact that you're appealing to different organizations playing the role, i have been in the pentagon. i have watched the charades go on. you select what you want to say and you say it. now, if you have some facts with -- are you willing to say, for example, that the current missile defense system is defending the united states right now? do you believe that? >> that's a different point. >> no, no. what do you mean? >> the first point -- >> no, we have to let -- >> we can't get into the exchange. >> well, not a specific exchange. talk -- >> i'm responding to a couple of the points you've made. >> respond to the factual point. >> i'm responding in the way i'd like to respond, not the way you'd like to respond. >> okay. fine. >> so that's the first point. it's factually incorrect. second point, was the motivation of the administration solely to appease the republicans? nothing could be further from the truth. when the report was released, it was denounced by senior republican senators. intimately familiar with the missile defense as a sellout to the russians. that we were appeasing the
the fact that you're appealing to different organizations playing the role, i have been in the pentagon. i have watched the charades go on. you select what you want to say and you say it. now, if you have some facts with -- are you willing to say, for example, that the current missile defense system is defending the united states right now? do you believe that? >> that's a different point. >> no, no. what do you mean? >> the first point -- >> no, we have to let --...
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he started his career at livermore lab in california and eventually moving to the pentagon where he became the director of defense research and engineering then air force secretary and eventually defense secretary. his ability to handle a staggering workload are legend including read and annotating 400 page briefing books overnight. during the career brown shaped fighters like the f-15 and f-16 that remain the air force's backbone fleet today. and championed jointness among the military serv before the failed iran hostage rescue mission convinced others to follow. now 85, brown continues to serve on the defense policy board and is a trustee of the center for strategic and international studies. with joyce winds low, brown recently co-authored "star- spangled security" applying lessons safeguarding america. i asked him whether jointness was too far as some critics argue. >> not every operation requires jointness. i'm sure there are some that can be best handled by a single service. and by an element rather far down in the table of organization of that service. nevertheless, i believe that t
he started his career at livermore lab in california and eventually moving to the pentagon where he became the director of defense research and engineering then air force secretary and eventually defense secretary. his ability to handle a staggering workload are legend including read and annotating 400 page briefing books overnight. during the career brown shaped fighters like the f-15 and f-16 that remain the air force's backbone fleet today. and championed jointness among the military serv...
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the one thing the pentagon does is plan. i mean, that's what they're there for, and i think if they didn't plan for contingencies of all sorts, iran or elsewhere, they're not doing their job. because if a crisis happens, you just can't make these things up on the fly. you have to have forces in position, you have to have thought through the problem. i don't know as you go through the history, i think very often you find the military officers are the ones who are counseling restraint, that they really don't want to go to war or don't want to escalate crisis. so i think, i think you're absolutely correct. the one problem we always have is the iranians -- and as you said, the iranians don't always interpret what we say correctly or don't interpret what they see correctly is perhaps a better word. a good example of that is 1998. the u.s., saddam hussein kicks out u.n. inspectors in december '98, u.s. moves forces in to, for a retaliatory strike that's called desert fox, part of the small furry animal plan. and fox was the one th
the one thing the pentagon does is plan. i mean, that's what they're there for, and i think if they didn't plan for contingencies of all sorts, iran or elsewhere, they're not doing their job. because if a crisis happens, you just can't make these things up on the fly. you have to have forces in position, you have to have thought through the problem. i don't know as you go through the history, i think very often you find the military officers are the ones who are counseling restraint, that they...
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the pentagon says that this navy seal is in material breach of his secrecy agreements with the u.s. government. what do you think of that? >> norah, all seals, like anybody who conducts classified missions or has access to classified information, sign an agreement with the government. i haven't seen what the agreement says, but i'm willing to believe that the fact that he didn't give the book in advance for clearance probably puts him in some kind of breach. but the big question is, did he reveal anything in this book that is going to materially hurt the united states? and, you know, the story that he tells is a fascinating one. no one can replicate the idea of going up the steps where bin laden is at the top. but all the really fascinating debates about the bin laden raid i think happen it's political debates that might affect the election-- happened before the raid was approved as the president changed the plan. and the book doesn't really take you into that. and it doesn't seem to take you that much into their operations. >> michael, is there an argument to be made that given-- g
the pentagon says that this navy seal is in material breach of his secrecy agreements with the u.s. government. what do you think of that? >> norah, all seals, like anybody who conducts classified missions or has access to classified information, sign an agreement with the government. i haven't seen what the agreement says, but i'm willing to believe that the fact that he didn't give the book in advance for clearance probably puts him in some kind of breach. but the big question is, did...
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there appears to be a sense was urgeency on the part of the pentagon. we are talking about the uss -- this ship was scheduled to be decommissioned. and then the navy had that ship converted in a mother ship and floating dock for small navy boats that ferry ops teams and navy seals about. it was issued on a rush order basis. fox news confirmed that the retrofitting is moving to the persian gulf and quoting from a pentagon official in order to fulfill a request for an afsb. propositioned floating dock to be located in their area of responsibility. they will delay its scheduled decommissioning to serve. >>> and in addition to that. the pentagon is upgrading the powerful bunker busting bombs it built to take out targets . the bomb cannot destroy hardened underground facilities and that prompted the pentagon to ask for funding to get a bomb that can penetrate in deep part of the steel and convert before explosion. whether this is designed to put more pressure on iran to give up the nuclear weapon's program we cannot say. uma? thank you very much. >> mike huc
there appears to be a sense was urgeency on the part of the pentagon. we are talking about the uss -- this ship was scheduled to be decommissioned. and then the navy had that ship converted in a mother ship and floating dock for small navy boats that ferry ops teams and navy seals about. it was issued on a rush order basis. fox news confirmed that the retrofitting is moving to the persian gulf and quoting from a pentagon official in order to fulfill a request for an afsb. propositioned floating...
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to be clear, i am not one who opposes all cuts to the budget of the pentagon or our military. there is no question that there are reductions that need to be made. but as we seek to address our nation's fiscal crisis and reduce federal spending, there is no doubt that we need to understand what decisions are being made here in light of our constrained resources, what risks we are taking
to be clear, i am not one who opposes all cuts to the budget of the pentagon or our military. there is no question that there are reductions that need to be made. but as we seek to address our nation's fiscal crisis and reduce federal spending, there is no doubt that we need to understand what decisions are being made here in light of our constrained resources, what risks we are taking
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to spend the money, that would be a betrayal of our job as tornado the job of the people and of the pentagon. we had a budget that put the strategy first and puts us in the right direction. and i'll point out, this is the law. the budget numbers that we projected for the next ten years and secretary panetta and general dempsey had to live under were passed by this congress. some members voted for it and some didn't but it's the law of the land passed pi the house an reduction in the projected increases is the law. these people had to follow and that we passed and gave to them. so as we hear today about various different programs in areas where we thid that this budget is cutting too much, it would be most helpful and i doubt this will happen but i'll ask anyway, as people are making those criticisms, they point out where they'd like to find the money. either within the defense budget you can say, your strategy is all right but you should have spent more money here and less money there. if you don't think that's possible within the defense budget, then by all means, let us know what taxes you
to spend the money, that would be a betrayal of our job as tornado the job of the people and of the pentagon. we had a budget that put the strategy first and puts us in the right direction. and i'll point out, this is the law. the budget numbers that we projected for the next ten years and secretary panetta and general dempsey had to live under were passed by this congress. some members voted for it and some didn't but it's the law of the land passed pi the house an reduction in the projected...
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end the fed he's been talking about auditing the fed now and now there's a new proposal to audit the pentagon can you tell us about that proposal. well this is extremely consistent with a message that ron paul has been saying for decades now his son senator rand paul echoed in his speech and is one of the main reasons that ron paul has such a large following and that is what he thinks about getting involved in foreign wars and that is that the u.s. is spending way too much money spending way too much too many american lives getting involved in other countries ron paul as you were homeless had a huge huge support base from vestment people who agreed that these wars should not be going on we saw that yesterday with many of them who were there at the pentagon who says you know what he wasn't calling to. dismantle the military by any means but he says they're spending there's wasteful spending in every single department that needs to be slashed and the pentagon is no exception even though this is one way where a lot of his fellow republicans really disagree with him constantly calling for more sp
end the fed he's been talking about auditing the fed now and now there's a new proposal to audit the pentagon can you tell us about that proposal. well this is extremely consistent with a message that ron paul has been saying for decades now his son senator rand paul echoed in his speech and is one of the main reasons that ron paul has such a large following and that is what he thinks about getting involved in foreign wars and that is that the u.s. is spending way too much money spending way...
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the pentagon announced this morning it would send the john c. stennis to the region four months ahead of schedule. >> bret: i understand there was a hard line taken against iran from secretary clin top after she ended a nine-day tour in israel meeting with egypt and the muslim brotherhood spokesperson. what can you tell us about that? >> it was third on secretary clinton agenda. she spoke about egypt new president and concerns about iran. clinton described the nuclear proposals as the nonstarters and said the u.s. and israel are on the same page right now. >> iran's leaders still have the opportunity to make the right decision. the choice is ultimately iran. our own choice is clear. we will use all elements of american power to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> in egypt, protest resulted in tomatoes and shoes thrown at clin top's convoy protes protesters. >> bret: thank you. the law of the sea treaty may be going under permanently. republican senators rob portman and kelly aiot will oppose it to give opponents enough vote to stop
the pentagon announced this morning it would send the john c. stennis to the region four months ahead of schedule. >> bret: i understand there was a hard line taken against iran from secretary clin top after she ended a nine-day tour in israel meeting with egypt and the muslim brotherhood spokesperson. what can you tell us about that? >> it was third on secretary clinton agenda. she spoke about egypt new president and concerns about iran. clinton described the nuclear proposals as...
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this is newly released pentagon video taken last week from an american warship in the straight of varmuth. they came within 100 yards of a u.s. ship. and they didn't respond to signals or voices. they're threatening to close the strait of hormuz. it's a choke point, and as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, a serious flash point. >> what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz. >> we have made it clear that the united states will not tolerate the blocking of the straits of hormuz. we will respond to that. >> the question tonight is, what will iran do next? what happens then? what's being done right now to head it off. barbara starr is here, and on the phone, curt lithal, former commander of the u.s.s. cole. what do you believe to be the intent of the iranians. were they trying to bait the u.s. military, provoke an altercation? >> maybe just a little bit of both, anderson. the thinking is that the iranians were not looking for a shooting match. they were going to break off, but they were going to cause a little heart-stopping action before th
this is newly released pentagon video taken last week from an american warship in the straight of varmuth. they came within 100 yards of a u.s. ship. and they didn't respond to signals or voices. they're threatening to close the strait of hormuz. it's a choke point, and as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, a serious flash point. >> what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz. >> we have made it clear that the united states will not...
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this is newly released pentagon video taken last week from an american warship in the straight of varmuth. they came within 100 yards of a u.s. ship. and they didn't respond to signals or voices. they're threatening to close the strait of hormuz. it's a choke point, and as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, a serious flash point. >> what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz. >> we have made it clear that the united states will not tolerate the blocking of the straits of hormuz. we will respond to that. >> the question tonight is, what will iran do next? what happens then? what's being done right now to head it off. barbara starr is here, and on the phone, curt lithal, former commander of the u.s.s. cole. what do you believe to be the intent of the iranians. were they trying to bait the u.s. military, provoke an altercation? >> maybe just a little bit of both, anderson. the thinking is that the iranians were not looking for a shooting match. they were going to break off, but they were going to cause a little heart-stopping action before th
this is newly released pentagon video taken last week from an american warship in the straight of varmuth. they came within 100 yards of a u.s. ship. and they didn't respond to signals or voices. they're threatening to close the strait of hormuz. it's a choke point, and as american officials have been warning privately and publicly, a serious flash point. >> what about if they decide to block us off at the straits of hormuz. >> we have made it clear that the united states will not...
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pentagon officials said when one of the somali kidnappers fired, the commandos opened up. at least eight suspects were killed, and the hostages rescued. the team leader radioed success, with the code word "jackpot." it was the kind of surge scall strike that defines one of america's most elite special operations forces. former navy seal eric greitens -- >> the enemy has made their choice. if they're taken americans hostages, if they're armed on the battlefield, then they know the seals are are going to have to engage with them and use force. >> reporter: seal team 6 was founded add a counter-terrorist force after the failed 1980 mission to rescue american hostages in iran. over 31 years, the team's success has been built on notoriously rugged training. fewer than 25% of the candidates make it through boot camp. there have been celebrated successes. last may's raid that killed osama bin laden, the 2009 rescue the at sea, in which seal snipers shot and killed three somali pirates holding the captain of the cargo ship methicillin-resistant staphylococcus they have also taken
pentagon officials said when one of the somali kidnappers fired, the commandos opened up. at least eight suspects were killed, and the hostages rescued. the team leader radioed success, with the code word "jackpot." it was the kind of surge scall strike that defines one of america's most elite special operations forces. former navy seal eric greitens -- >> the enemy has made their choice. if they're taken americans hostages, if they're armed on the battlefield, then they know...
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home so it's not a promise in the progressive directions what the obama administration and what the pentagon are doing in it and obama signaling that explicitly in his speech he puts again the primacy of the turn towards asia which really is a turn against china i think they're looking forward to this competition and the evolution of a possible cold war type scenario with china which again gives the pentagon a long term enemy which justifies gives rationale to the continued expansion of the us defense budget this does not cut the defense budget it only slows the projected growth of the defense budget the u.s. government's budget deficit is a major major problem in a threat to the united states standing in the global market but nonetheless the primacy of the military industrial complex is in fact intact so it is a budget shortfall you'll see teachers laid off nurses laid off firefighters laid off but the pentagon will get more than its fair share. well for more insight on these new u.s. military plans and what it will mean for america and the world we're now in time barty's military analyst a
home so it's not a promise in the progressive directions what the obama administration and what the pentagon are doing in it and obama signaling that explicitly in his speech he puts again the primacy of the turn towards asia which really is a turn against china i think they're looking forward to this competition and the evolution of a possible cold war type scenario with china which again gives the pentagon a long term enemy which justifies gives rationale to the continued expansion of the us...
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there's a current study going on at the pentagon and as a follow on to the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty as to where we can go next. there's a debate as if we should go lower which capped the strategic stockpile at 1,050 war heads. some people say we should go lower. a couple of weeks ago, one of -- jim miller who's a pentagon official said he believes that, you know, we could maintain our security with potentially smaller numbers. so that's the direction that they're going. there's a lot of republicans who feel we need to put the brakes on. make sure that we're modernizing and there's a tremendous debate going on in congress about what's the right path forward and some of the budget cutbacks have not helped the administration's case recently. >> glenn, democratic caller, bennington, vermont. good morning. >> caller: good morning. how are you? thank you for taking my call. >> please go ahead. >> caller: todd, i was wondering what your knowledge is on broken arrow incidents and what current effort on the part of the dod is to monitor those sites and possibly recover any material th
there's a current study going on at the pentagon and as a follow on to the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty as to where we can go next. there's a debate as if we should go lower which capped the strategic stockpile at 1,050 war heads. some people say we should go lower. a couple of weeks ago, one of -- jim miller who's a pentagon official said he believes that, you know, we could maintain our security with potentially smaller numbers. so that's the direction that they're going. there's a lot of...
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is reading from budget cuts all across the board that is unless the pentagon gets its way more cuts to defense spending could put america risk we're told is that really the case going to break down all the budget madness and that. we must not allow iran to have a nuclear weapon if they do the world changes america will be at risk and someday nuclear weaponry will be used well it wouldn't be the first time that unfounded fears lead to conflict in the way american politicians are talking these days it certainly may not be the last but is all of this warmongering actually doing anyone any good director sean stone will tell us why we shouldn't fear iran. and it's a new chapter for the occupy wall street movement from taking on bankers to taking on lawmakers protestors are directing their scrutiny and slogans towards corporations going to bring you the latest from stays in nationwide protests. that evening happy to leave wednesday to you every twenty nine times seven pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy captain of you're watching our team well depends secretary leon panetta was back on capit
is reading from budget cuts all across the board that is unless the pentagon gets its way more cuts to defense spending could put america risk we're told is that really the case going to break down all the budget madness and that. we must not allow iran to have a nuclear weapon if they do the world changes america will be at risk and someday nuclear weaponry will be used well it wouldn't be the first time that unfounded fears lead to conflict in the way american politicians are talking these...
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the worst of them, the pentagon -- the neoconservatives at the pentagon, as the cia was coming in, saying al qaeda is going to attack, said oh, this is just a false flag operation. bin laden is trying to take our eye off the real threat, iraq. and so there are presidential daily briefs that are literally saying, no, they're wrong. this isn't fake. it's real. >> when a lot of people hear this, aren't they going to say this is another example of where, not just the bush administration, but our intelligence community dropped the ball and failed to heed the warnings that were in a number of these that went all the way up to the president of the united states? >> cia did a spectacular job. that's what really comes down. in the aftermath, the white house and others said, well, they didn't tell us enough. no, they told them everything they needed to know to go on a full alert. and the white house didn't do it. >> senior correspondent john miller, former fbi deputy director joins us now. what do you make of this? >> i think what kurt has stumbled into here say bit of a well-worn path. we knew som
the worst of them, the pentagon -- the neoconservatives at the pentagon, as the cia was coming in, saying al qaeda is going to attack, said oh, this is just a false flag operation. bin laden is trying to take our eye off the real threat, iraq. and so there are presidential daily briefs that are literally saying, no, they're wrong. this isn't fake. it's real. >> when a lot of people hear this, aren't they going to say this is another example of where, not just the bush administration, but...
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the pentagon can cut more. it just needs more time and less mindless rules to do so. could sequestration still be avoided? yes, lawmakers could strike a deal at the last minute to keep it from happening or stop it shortly after it takes effect. but no matter what happens with sequestration, d.o.d. should use this opportunity to prepare for what most think is inevitable. another 200 billion to $300 billion likely to be cut over the coming decade as part of any budget deal. in this fiscal and political climate, national security cuts will likely be demanded quickly. only by thinking ahead, prioritizing and rigorously driving reforms and slashing waste will the pentagon control its future rather than have its future deck at a timed -- dictated by powers beyond its control. thank you for joining us for "this week in defense news." you can watch this program on defensenewstv.com or e-mail me at vago@defensenews.com. i'll be back next week at the same time. ♪ ♪ no two people have the same financial goals. pnc works with you to understand yours and help plan for your ret
the pentagon can cut more. it just needs more time and less mindless rules to do so. could sequestration still be avoided? yes, lawmakers could strike a deal at the last minute to keep it from happening or stop it shortly after it takes effect. but no matter what happens with sequestration, d.o.d. should use this opportunity to prepare for what most think is inevitable. another 200 billion to $300 billion likely to be cut over the coming decade as part of any budget deal. in this fiscal and...
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the one thing the pentagon does this plan. that is what they're there for. if they didn't plan for contingencies and iran are elsewhere, they are not doing their job. if a crisis happens, you just can't make these things up on the fly. you have to have forces in position. i don't know as you go through the history i think, very often defy military offers that they don't want to go through war or escalate prices. so i think you're absolutely correct. the one probably always have have is the iranians and as you said, the iranians don't always interpret what we say correctly or what they see correctly is perhaps a better word. a good example is the 1998. the u.s. saddam hussein kicked out inspectors in december 98. usc's horses and for telechoice strikes. the small animal planet and to that was absolutely convinced this was an event that somehow are gearing up for a major strike in iran. but if you looked at the headline of "the new york times," they realize that the u.s. was about. somebody said at the time the supreme leader subscription had labs and ibm does
the one thing the pentagon does this plan. that is what they're there for. if they didn't plan for contingencies and iran are elsewhere, they are not doing their job. if a crisis happens, you just can't make these things up on the fly. you have to have forces in position. i don't know as you go through the history i think, very often defy military offers that they don't want to go through war or escalate prices. so i think you're absolutely correct. the one probably always have have is the...
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by the way, i think it is a great opportunity to discipline the pentagon. that is going to be a decision potentially vulnerable to political decisions in the white house about how one where and why and when american military force is going to be used. the dilemma that you have today is that this is not the more dangerous world. we have never been as secure as we are today, but the reality is, we don't know what's coming in the future. we don't know. and we therefore don't know what kinds of forces are going to need. i believe that we are not likely in any near-term future to meet the face of the deploy significant large american knowledge resources on a big invasion stabilization convention of were stabilization mission. in fact, the redraw concedes that. basically our guard to do that anymore. i think in fact a good discipline for a heated sequester or the drawdown in the pentagon is going to retailer and from the forces into the kinds of smaller capacities, more likely to be used to have been used typically of the last 20 years. >> defense secretary leon
by the way, i think it is a great opportunity to discipline the pentagon. that is going to be a decision potentially vulnerable to political decisions in the white house about how one where and why and when american military force is going to be used. the dilemma that you have today is that this is not the more dangerous world. we have never been as secure as we are today, but the reality is, we don't know what's coming in the future. we don't know. and we therefore don't know what kinds of...
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recasting america's global military strategy or just more of the same brok obama's new vision for the pentagon is aimed at saving money while making the u.s. military more lean and mean critics charge this new mission is no different from the one obama inherited from the bush era the u.s. will remain the world's policeman. and. to cross-talk washington's new military strategy i'm joined by matthew rothschild in madison he is the editor of the progressive magazine in los angeles we have christian whiten he is a principal with d.c. international advisory and a former state department senior adviser and in london we crossed to frank jackson he is vice president of uniting for peace all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but first let's see what mr obama has in mind for the pentagon. in light of budgetary mandates passed by congress last year requiring reduction in overall defense spending president barack obama has announced a new strategic initiative for the american military in contrast to his predecessors the president's plans no longer call f
recasting america's global military strategy or just more of the same brok obama's new vision for the pentagon is aimed at saving money while making the u.s. military more lean and mean critics charge this new mission is no different from the one obama inherited from the bush era the u.s. will remain the world's policeman. and. to cross-talk washington's new military strategy i'm joined by matthew rothschild in madison he is the editor of the progressive magazine in los angeles we have...
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how big is the problem and what is the pentagon doing to solve it? here to tell us are gerald brown, head of the anticounterfeit working group at the pentagon, and christine met the technical and >>> thanks very much for joining us today. i want to start off with finding out exactly how big a problem this is for d.o.d., what's being done to keep from buying counterfeit parts and what's being done to remove them from the supply chain. >> thank you very much for having us. i'm a big fan of the show. >> thank you very much. >> this is a serious problem for the d.o.d. anything that would impact war fighter safety or mission assurance we take very seriously. we're treating this as a very serious problem. what we're doing to counteract counterfeit in the d.o.d. supply chain and we're premayoral focused on weapons systems parts, things on airplanes, et cetera, is essentially identify those items that are critical to safety and mission performance, exercise particular due diligence and care in procuring those and testing them, sharing information across the
how big is the problem and what is the pentagon doing to solve it? here to tell us are gerald brown, head of the anticounterfeit working group at the pentagon, and christine met the technical and >>> thanks very much for joining us today. i want to start off with finding out exactly how big a problem this is for d.o.d., what's being done to keep from buying counterfeit parts and what's being done to remove them from the supply chain. >> thank you very much for having us. i'm a...
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i don't think it will happen like the pentagon wants. quadruple fees even if it's phased in over a period of time is probably too much for anybody to swallow now but there will be some increases. >> i think the pentagon plan is great because it's means tested. the costs go up much less -- >> because you're a beneficiary. >> i am, yes. and basically, the quadrupling basically comes for retired colonels and generals and most of whom already have another job, which i think we're forgetting in this debate. >> unfortunately that's all the time we have for now. coming up in my notebook, why it's time for both washington and beijing to tone down the >>> while kaine's future leader way in america, i was in singapore where it was clear america's engagement is welcomed by allies worried by the beijing rise and sweeping claims. american warships will deploy from singapore and the philippines, australia will host 5500 u.s. marines, japan will buy the joint strike fighter. but what america sees as reassuring, china sees as encirclement. china blames
i don't think it will happen like the pentagon wants. quadruple fees even if it's phased in over a period of time is probably too much for anybody to swallow now but there will be some increases. >> i think the pentagon plan is great because it's means tested. the costs go up much less -- >> because you're a beneficiary. >> i am, yes. and basically, the quadrupling basically comes for retired colonels and generals and most of whom already have another job, which i think we're...
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the pentagon is reviewing the book to make sure it has no classified information. the author has been criticized by members of the navy seal who is have long operated under a code of strict secrecy. >> wall street is waiting for a big announcement from the fed and the impact of tropical storm isaac is being felt far from the eye of the storm. we turn to kayla tausche live at cnbc for all of the news before the bell. good morning. >> good morning. stock futures this morning are lower after stocks posted mild gains wednesday, markets started pushing higher just before the release of the fed's latest beige book report which found the economy is gradually expanding in different regions of the country. analysts say that probably means while the economy is growing it's not recovering well enough to stop the fed from launching another round of stimulus programs. we get data on unemployment and personal and income and spending, the dow rising 4 points to 13,107, the nasdaq also up 4 to 3081. tropical storm isaac is causing more pain for drivers at the pump. the national av
the pentagon is reviewing the book to make sure it has no classified information. the author has been criticized by members of the navy seal who is have long operated under a code of strict secrecy. >> wall street is waiting for a big announcement from the fed and the impact of tropical storm isaac is being felt far from the eye of the storm. we turn to kayla tausche live at cnbc for all of the news before the bell. good morning. >> good morning. stock futures this morning are lower...
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fifth term you're you're completely right on this time i think what we hopefully will see from the pentagon leon panetta is they will say let's make some cuts and some of the systems that we're not using i'm pretty like i mean there's little so many things that you could turn switches off at the pentagon and i guarantee you nothing would happen that's which cost us a million dollars to put up and to begin with so i think you will hopefully see some about a balanced approach from leon panetta going into this on ways that we can sort of help to make sure that we're not cutting retirement for our retired soldiers and our soldiers are calling on the ground but one thing that i do want to point out is that you know this culture of war that the republicans are trying to perpetuate now they're out there saying this is horrible you can't cut the defense department all of these costs are systems that we're not using on top of that we're keeping our troop levels above the troop level that they were before nine eleven and on top of that we're not in war ladies and gentlemen we are not in war right now
fifth term you're you're completely right on this time i think what we hopefully will see from the pentagon leon panetta is they will say let's make some cuts and some of the systems that we're not using i'm pretty like i mean there's little so many things that you could turn switches off at the pentagon and i guarantee you nothing would happen that's which cost us a million dollars to put up and to begin with so i think you will hopefully see some about a balanced approach from leon panetta...
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do you foresee cuts to civilians working at the pentagon? what do you say about that? >> very good question. the growth of personnel costs has not been nearly as large for civilians. putting it in context, dod employes 791,000 civilians at full time equivalence. those costs total $70 billion in the annual defense budget. all over the world. obviously primarily in the united states but in other parts of the world as well. they're not all u.s. citizens as well. that is going to be a target in the future for budget cutters because they don't have a lot of influence that military personnel do. you talk about cutting military industry and get services riled up and talk to members of congress. civilians don't have the same influence. it is not as clear to people especially in the general public what civilians are doing. having worked with many of them they do a lot of great work. arranging everything from mowing the grass to overseeing billion dollar acquisition programs. could you trim that number and get efficiency? of course but if you cut too far you risk not getting the
do you foresee cuts to civilians working at the pentagon? what do you say about that? >> very good question. the growth of personnel costs has not been nearly as large for civilians. putting it in context, dod employes 791,000 civilians at full time equivalence. those costs total $70 billion in the annual defense budget. all over the world. obviously primarily in the united states but in other parts of the world as well. they're not all u.s. citizens as well. that is going to be a target...
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so about a third of the pentagon budget. and what they said yesterday is personnel cotsts are only takin 1/9 of the cuts. that means other parts of the budget are going to take a disproportionate share of the cuts. they have a budget cap required by the budget control act they've got to fit in. so procurement i think is actually going to get hit the hardest. we heard a lot of the program decisions yesterday. i imagine there are many more we have yet to hear. and those will come out over the coming days and weeks. the total savings that they're talking about, and again, this is the savings relative to last year's budget, it's $259 billion over the five-year plan. 25% of those savings are supposed to come from efficiencies. that's another $60 billion in efficiencies on top of $178 billion in efficiencies that was in last year's budget. boy, that's very optimistic to think that you can find all those efficiencies. i think it is incredibly risky to be banking on those savings before they have been achieved. it is always a good g
so about a third of the pentagon budget. and what they said yesterday is personnel cotsts are only takin 1/9 of the cuts. that means other parts of the budget are going to take a disproportionate share of the cuts. they have a budget cap required by the budget control act they've got to fit in. so procurement i think is actually going to get hit the hardest. we heard a lot of the program decisions yesterday. i imagine there are many more we have yet to hear. and those will come out over the...
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navy's plan for a floating base in the region also highlights the pentagon shift in priorities. president obama has said the military will become leaner and more agile. fox news correspondent doug mcelway live with the news in washington. is this in direct response to any new provokation by iran? >> reporter: it does not appear to be so. seems to be another indication that thes is taking seriously iran's threat to block kade the straight of hormuz. the pentagon told fox news while the work is being done in an ex-pa dishouse fashion it is not accurate to a sur vice that isals a rush. highly unusual a ship slated for demixing now suddenly put on a fast track for a retrofit. it was an amphibious assault ship that will be converted into a float forward staging base. a kind of mother ship from which maul spa trol small patrd operate without long refueling distances. it would be situated in the strait to act as deterrent to a potential iranian block kade and respond quickly if such a belligerent action were to be taken. >> harris: like a small city. something else that might draw iran
navy's plan for a floating base in the region also highlights the pentagon shift in priorities. president obama has said the military will become leaner and more agile. fox news correspondent doug mcelway live with the news in washington. is this in direct response to any new provokation by iran? >> reporter: it does not appear to be so. seems to be another indication that thes is taking seriously iran's threat to block kade the straight of hormuz. the pentagon told fox news while the...
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are you hearing from people at the pentagon, former colleagues they were ignored in the discussion on which direction to take the military? >> i can tell you that is probably the case. when the president stands up and says this is the guidance i gave, the guidance he gave was not oched toward how we have a strategy to contend with threats across the world. it was based on budget analysis. one thing that troubles me is mahmoud ahmadinejad next week will travel through latin america, south america and coming up through central america. we are on the crux of having a 21st century cuban missile crisis that could threaten us in south florida. wi cannot disengage and leave the staunch ally in the middle east, israel. but yet we see an arab spring that is turning into arab winter. those are things we have to evaluate. we haven't talked about the threat. we know that china is developing the strategic navy and air forces. >> greta: congressman, thank you. got to go. i hope you come back. >> i will. >> greta: tea party express chair amy kraemer says the iowa results set the stage for a battle r
are you hearing from people at the pentagon, former colleagues they were ignored in the discussion on which direction to take the military? >> i can tell you that is probably the case. when the president stands up and says this is the guidance i gave, the guidance he gave was not oched toward how we have a strategy to contend with threats across the world. it was based on budget analysis. one thing that troubles me is mahmoud ahmadinejad next week will travel through latin america, south...
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we have done is go through and find areas where we could transfer responsibility out of the pentagon and consolidate programs and save a significant amount of money. >> this weekend, you can talk with oklahoma senator tom coburn about the fiscal cliff, affordable care act, and the future of the republican party on book tv. the senator has written several reports, including his latest, the debt bomb. that is live sunday at noon eastern on book tv on c-span-2. >> now we talk to a capitol hill reporter about the senate's work on the defense authorization bill. >> the senate has been in a holding pattern on the defense authorization bill, but finally found a way to start consideration of amendments. what broke the logjam? >> rand paul had a desire to bring an amendment that would have applied sixth amendment rights to citizens who had been taken in the war on terror on u.s. homeland. he was concerned he would not get the time. senator mccain is the ranking member of the armed services committee. he assured him he would not try to block the amendment. alternately, senator dianne feinstein
we have done is go through and find areas where we could transfer responsibility out of the pentagon and consolidate programs and save a significant amount of money. >> this weekend, you can talk with oklahoma senator tom coburn about the fiscal cliff, affordable care act, and the future of the republican party on book tv. the senator has written several reports, including his latest, the debt bomb. that is live sunday at noon eastern on book tv on c-span-2. >> now we talk to a...
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. >> pelley: bob, we've been talking to sources at the pentagon who tell us it looks like an engine failure. what did the witnesses see in here. >> reporter: what they saw and heard very consistent with an engine failurement they hear popping noises. they saw flames and smoke at the rare of the plane. so an engine failure is the leading mechanical theory but we have to point out investigators want to foe what the crew was doing. they want to make sure the crew did everything in its power to avoid a populated area, as they're trained to do, scott. >> pelley: bob, thank you very much. the f.a.-18 is a $40 million airplane and a workhorse for the navy and marine corps. known as the hornet. it's a twin engine supersonic jet that can night the air or attack targets on the ground. the model that crashed has a crew of two, one aviator who flies and one weapons officer. it routinely launches from aircraft carriers in the indian ocean to carry out strikes in afghanistan. david martin has flown on the hornet and we asked him to show us what it's like in that seat. >> reporter: this is what the pilot
. >> pelley: bob, we've been talking to sources at the pentagon who tell us it looks like an engine failure. what did the witnesses see in here. >> reporter: what they saw and heard very consistent with an engine failurement they hear popping noises. they saw flames and smoke at the rare of the plane. so an engine failure is the leading mechanical theory but we have to point out investigators want to foe what the crew was doing. they want to make sure the crew did everything in its...
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the pentagon has considerable flexibility. it's also, by the way, easy to conceive of an agreement that which would leave the pain of sequestration, including, perhaps, some modest flexibility year over year. the other part of that equation, though, is that unlike all of those other draw downs, we have, today, present as part of the dynamic, the global financial market. we had -- i mean, the reason we got the budget control act and the sequestration reductions is the threat of default. now, i don't remember the exact clock ticking. i think the president submitted his request on the day that the house came back, so that would have been monday a week ago. so the 15 day clock will probably be reached next tuesday. and that means, i presume, on wednesday morning, our debt ceiling as a nation will go up $1.2 trillion, failing the passage by the resolution a disapproval and the override of a suspected president's veto. so the debt ceiling will go up, up until we hit it again. now, when are we going to hit it again? good news this mo
the pentagon has considerable flexibility. it's also, by the way, easy to conceive of an agreement that which would leave the pain of sequestration, including, perhaps, some modest flexibility year over year. the other part of that equation, though, is that unlike all of those other draw downs, we have, today, present as part of the dynamic, the global financial market. we had -- i mean, the reason we got the budget control act and the sequestration reductions is the threat of default. now, i...